Litter is a big problem in my city

But the municipality came up with a solution: ask the national government to allow local governments to raise the fine for littering from €160 to €1000. Small detail: the past year only 12 littering tickets where handed out because enforcement officers focus most of their time on illegal parking.

Ok... Before asking for federal law changes, maybe you could start enforcing the currently available laws. That already helped quite a bit in other cities and if you're not going to give people the higher fines either, their effect will probably be very limited. 🙄